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This is the 5th episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc, covering the week of sports from 26 September to 2 October 2022 BERLIN MARATHON Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya set a World Record Marathon time in the Berlin Marathon on 25 September 2022 in a time of 2:01:09, eclipsing his time of 2:01:39 he set in 2018 at the same event | NN Running team website | https://www.nnrunningteam.com/team/eliud-kipchoge/ In the women’s event, Ethiopian runner, Tigist Assefa ran a course record of 2:15:37  She was also the 800 metre gold medal winner at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio | Women’s Running article: https://bit.ly/3e3ucKM MLB Aaron Judge finally hit HR number 61 – on 28 September against none other than the Toronto Blue Jays.  Yankees won the game 8-3 | ESPN article: https://es.pn/3BU8fWo Frankie Lasagna actually “interfered” with Kyle Mulligan who almost caught the ball; Jimmy Kimmel hosted him and invited him to New York on New Years Eve

This is the 3rd episode in a new series titled “Clint’s Chronicles” whereby high school student, Clint Cadio, shares his passion and creativity around entrepreneurship. In this episode, we were joined in the podcast studio by Clint’s long time business partner, 17-year old PIerre Khalil.  Okay, for serial entrepreneur, Clint Cadio, 2-years is a lifetime of creativity and innovation!! As listeners will learn, Pierre has been interested in technology since the age of 5 when he first took apart and re-assembled his dad’s computer!  This obsession with technology transcended into Pierre learning to code and combining that with a desire to convert several hours of video into text.  That lead to Pierre and Clint collaborating on a new business they call, for now, Transcript AI. Transcript AI is in its early stages but Pierre and Clint have already had discussions with the folks from GoodLawyer in Calgary.  Listeners to this podcast will recall that Brett Colvin is a past guest of the podcast (e

This is the 9th episode in the “Errol’s Eye On” series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ In this episode, we were joined in the podcast studio by Ben Howells, a musician turned marketing executive that resides in Calgary.  You really have to listen to the whole episode to appreciate the insight Errol and Ben provided on how musicians can get noticed in today’s social media wired world.  A few takeaways from this session: 1st | Social Media.  What are musicians doing on socials?  How are they getting noticed? 2nd | Partnerships.  Musicians should consider making or form partnerships with other musicians, particularly those that are “more famous” or more well known. 3nd | Offline activities. What are musicians doing off-line (in the community) to draw attention to their on-line initiatives? Ben highlighted an example of a recent event he coordinated in the

This episode covers the journey of Dr. Veronica De La Rosa as she struggled with being a new immigrant to Canada after leaving a successful career as a Professor of Law in Mexico City. Dr. De La Rosa (or “Dr. Vee”) shared her experiences around how finding mentors helped her to “open doors” when so many were closed after many attempts.  Combined with her work experiences at the University of Calgary and SAIT and guidance from her mentor, Bruce Randall, from the Calgary Region Immigration Employment Council, Dr. Vee now finds herself mentoring and coaching others to help them break the “Internal Glass Ceiling” §§§ To find out more about Dr. Veronica De La Rosa and her important work in the Calgary community, click on one or more of the links below: LinkedIn Profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicadelarosa/ Executive Mindset Coaching LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/executive-mindset-coaching-dr-veronica-de-la-rosa/ Website | https://veronicadelarosacoaching.com §§§ #careercoach #co

This is the 7th episode of the Crypto Market update with Mark Magliocco, co-founder of Crypto528 DAO, covering the last week up to 26 September 2022. All discussions in this episode are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services §§§ Episode 7 focused on the following stories featured in the “Crypto Press”: 1st | SEC says Ethereum merge could be a security | Gizmodo article (19 September 2022): https://bit.ly/3UmYdWd 2nd | “Nasdaq to enter Crypto Custody Market for Institutional Clients” | Blockworks article (20 September 2022):  https://bit.ly/3BxWwg7 3rd | “Colorado Residents can now Pay State Taxes with Crypto” | Blockworks article (20 September 2022): https://bit.ly/3UCF5DQ 4th | Yahoo Finance and

This is the 4th episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc, covering the week of sports from 19 to 25 September 2022 NCAA Alabama vs Texas A&M.  The game is scheduled for 8 October but controversy flared up in earlier this year; here is the 13 June 2022 CBS Sports article: https://bit.ly/3f87hxU §§ NFL Only two 3-0 teams remain: Miami defeated Buffalo (21-19) and Eagles defeated Washington (24-8).  The Brady vs Rogers match-up was a defensive battle with Green Bay winning 14-12. NFL week 3 highlights | https://bit.ly/3xWGv29 §§ Bellator Highlights from Bellator 285 in Ireland: Light Heavyweight: Moore vs Albrektsson; in Round 1, Albrektsson clocked Moore with an elbow but the round ended before he could knock him out.  Take down by Moore in 2nd round resulted in a tap out submission Women’s featherweight: Leah McCourt def. Dayana Silva with an amazing kick while lying on her back MMA Junkie article | https://bit.ly/

This is the 8th episode in the “Errol’s Eye On” series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ In this episode, Errol highlights a the “Forgotten side of branding” with a focus on 4 key areas: 1st |  The well-known side of branding 2nd | What part of branding is often forgotten about 3rd | Why is this important? 4th | How does this help literally every part of your business? §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolvas.com Errol Vas Business LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/errol-vas-com/ Errol Vas Personal LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/errolvas/ Errol Vas YouTube channel | https://bit.ly/3mzjRa0 Director of Marketing at Diversitech Global | https://www.diversitech-global.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

This is the 6th episode of the Crypto Market update with Mark Magliocco, co-founder of Crypto528 DAO, covering the period from 29 August 2022 to 12 September 2022. All discussions in this episode are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services §§§ Episode 6 focused on several articles and stories featured in the “Crypto Press” including: 1st | The ETH MERGE from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake was completed in the early hours of 15 September 2022.  Tom’s Hardware article: https://bit.ly/3RYswke 2nd | Google Cloud and Binance to work together on on Web 3.0 and blockchain project  | Coindesk article https://bit.ly/3QPMtZf 3rd | Author of the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” Robert Kiyosaki says an historic

This is the third (3rd) episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc, covering the week of sports from 12 to 18 September 2022 §§§ WNBA.  Las Vegas Aces defeated Connecticut Sun (78-71) to win the best-of-5 series (3-1).  This was their 1st championship after 25 years in the league.  Total attendance was an impressive 9,652 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut | On Her Turf summary: https://bit.ly/3SeYrN3 §§§ NFL.  A couple of shocking games in Week 2: Jets last minute win 31-30 over Cleveland.  Joe Flacco with 4 TD’s and 307 YDS passing Jacksonville rocked the Colts (24-0) Full NFL Week 2 rundown by Yahoo Sports | https://yhoo.it/3QVrSmr §§§ TENNIS Roger Federer resigned.  At 41, he managed to put up some impressive numbers: 20 Grand Slam titles (8 Wimbledon; 6 Australian Open; 5 US Open; 1 French Open $130 million in career winnings 103 Singles titles 1251 to 275 (an 81.9 % winning percent

This is the 2nd episode in a new series titled “Clint’s Chronicles” whereby high school student, Clint Cadio, shares his passion and creativity around entrepreneurship. In this episode, Clint provides a deep dive into his experience with developing a business from scratch from the templated model prescribed by the Junior Achievement network and the detailed guidance his team received from his Grade 11 teacher, Dale Henderson (but of course, students only address him as Mr. Henderson). It seems the faculty at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer have trained their students well!! Clint and his classmates chose an important area to focus their newly named business “World Is Yours” – vintage clothing! Take a listen to hear the real business issues faced by Clint, Josh, Kurr and Zach around generating a business plan, buying product (via thrifting), selling product (via omni-channel distribution networks), cash flow management and possible exit strategies – all within a limited 4-month time period!

This is episode 4 in the “All Psyched Up About” series dedicated to the work of clinical psychologist, Dan McMillan, whereby he highlights a variety of issues and topics around mental health. §§§ In this episode, Daniel provided an introduction to the Assured Psychology work with employees from a large oil and gas “Fly-in / Fly-out” camp in Northern Alberta.  Rather than simply providing “Check the box” health benefits, this oil and gas major provides employees and contractors with on site access to the clinical psychologists from Assured Psychology for a 4-day period twice per month.  This provides coverage for both of the bi-weekly shifts that rotate into the camp. Although the program is in only its first 6 months and still early to draw conclusions, Daniel explained “...we are reducing barriers to normally hard to access employees…” §§§ To learn more about Daniel McMillan and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Daniel McMillan LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in

This is the 6th episode of “Crypto Coach”, a series dedicated to providing practical guidance on navigating the emerging technologies surrounding blockchain, crypto currency, digital assets and Web 3.0 §§§ This episode focused on “What is a Crypto Wallet?” with the following links and references that helped to frame the discussion: Investopedia – definition of private keys plus a 2-minute video that helps explain private keys | https://bit.ly/3eQkziE Medium article of 23 August 2021, “Custodial Wallets versus Non-Custodial Wallets” | https://bit.ly/3BF4YLE Crypto.com resources “What is a Crypto Wallet? A Beginners Guide” (26 April 2022) including a comparison of “Hot Wallet” versus “Cold Wallet” | https://bit.ly/3BhtUY8 §§§ Cold Wallets on the market (examples): Ledger Nano | https://bit.ly/3B7neM4 Trezor T Wallet | https://bit.ly/3S3JgWY Ellipal Titan Bundle | https://bit.ly/3eC2m8b §§§ Centralized Exchanges (Custodial Wallets) (examples) Binance | https://www.binance.com/en Crypto.com FTX Exchange |

This is the 5th episode of the Crypto Market update with Mark Magliocco covering the period from 29 August 2022 to 12 September 2022. Cautionary Note: All discussions in this episode are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services §§§ Episode 5 focused on several articles and stories featured in the “Crypto Press” including: 1st | Singapore regulatory framework | feature of the Bloomberg Crypto podcast of 7 September 2022 with a focus on several high profile failures of companies operating out of Singapore: Three Arrows Capital, Vauld, Zipmex and Hodlnaut | https://apple.co/3d6XPdE 2nd | Cold Wallet demand rising due to frequent hacks and exchange bankruptcy’s as discussed during another Bloomberg Crypto p

This is the second (2nd) episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc, covering the week of sports from 5 to 11 September 2022 §§§ Highlights included: NFL football (week 1) Women’s NBA basketball finals and the retirement of 20-year veteran Sue BirdUS Open tennis finals, ESPORTs highlights from the Valorant tournament in Istanbul, Turkey and the Overwatch tournament in Toronto, Canada NCAA football (week 2) §§§ To learn more about Craig and his sports betting app, Streakers Gaming Inc, click on one or more of the following links: Craig Weissenfels on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-weissenfels-1524215/ Streakers Gaming Inc website | https://streakers.ca NOTE: The Streakers Gaming app is available for download from Google Play (Android devices) and the App Store (Apple devices) §§§ #SmallBusiness #Startup #smallbusinessowner #founders #Marketing #Fundraising #Investors #crowdfunding #Canada #SocialMedia #Community #Crowds

This is the 1st episode in a new series titled “Clint’s Chronicles” whereby high school student, Clint Cadio, shares his passion and creativity around entrepreneurship. In this episode, we look “way back” to Clint’s early days as a middle school student at St Francis of Assisi in Red Deer, Alberta.  For the benefit of the listeners, that was in the range of 3 to 4 years ago! §§§ Some references and links that flow from the discussion in this episode include: St Francis of Assisi Middle School (Red Deer, Alberta) | https://bit.ly/3L5k9Rs Wix, website design company | https://www.wix.com Walmart, an online and physical retailer where you can buy more than a few items to re-sell at school | https://www.walmartcanada.ca Booster Juice, where Clint worked at his first part time job  | https://www.boosterjuice.com RoPanda Drink's Website (created on Wix when Clint was 14) | https://clintfordcadio.wixsite.com/ropanda-drinks/home Foody RoPanda Website | https://clintfordcadio.wixsite.com/ropanda/home Coun

This is the first (1st) episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc covering the week of sports from 29 August to 4 September §§§ This episode focused on Women’s World Hockey championship (hosted by Denmark) The Gold Medal match saw Team Canada defeat Team USA [2-1]; International Ice Hockey Federation article: https://bit.ly/3QiRYzt §§§ US Open Women’s Tennis Serena Williams lost to Australian, Ajla Tomljanovic in the 3rd round (7-5, 6-7, 6-1). She will be retiring from professional tennis as the 2nd all-time in major wins with 23, one behind Margaret Court with 24.  Further details can be found in this CBS Sports article: https://bit.ly/3RuPYFk Coco Gauff (18 years old) qualified for the quarterfinals. All Canadian singles players (men and women) are out of the US Open. All scores and highlights can be found at the US Open.org website: https://www.usopen.org/index.html §§§ US College Football Trending news is the playoff expansio

This is the 5th episode of “Crypto Coach”, a series dedicated to providing practical guidance on navigating the emerging technologies surrounding blockchain, crypto currency, digital assets and Web 3.0 §§§ This episode focused on “What is A DAO?” with links to supporting discussions: Investopedia This article provides details on: definition of a DAO; understanding DAO’s; how DAO’s work; benefits and limitations of a DAO Link:  https://bit.ly/3Rxsujr §§§ The DAO Hack This is the reason why the Ethereum fork happened, The first DAO referred to as “The DAO” was hacked not long after it was launched in April 2016. The Investopedia article goes into details on: the formation of The DAO and The DAO hack. Additional links include: Coinbase article “Ethereum Classic and the Ethereum hard fork” | https://bit.ly/3AO5gOF Bitcoin Podcast (ep 68) “Deconstructing the DAO Attack” with Emin Gun Sirer, CEO founder of Ava Labs (Avalanche #AVAX) on 26 June 2016 | link: https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/episode-68/ §§§ MetisDAO

This is the 7th episode in the “Errol’s Eye On” series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ In this episode, Errol highlights a selection of software solutions that are currently used by marketing professionals to support their work 1st | Cold Call Marketing. “Sanas” – real time accent translation software used by call centres  | https://www.sanas.ai 2nd | Content writing.  “Jasper” – AI that writes content for you | https://www.jasper.ai/ 3rd | SEO Tool. “Can I Rank” – AI that compares your website to competitors; referred to as an SEO Rank Checker | https://www.canirank.com 4th | Auto-generate visuals.  “Night Cafe”.  AI generated art prints.  Can describe an object to the AI and it will generate an image for you | https://nightcafe.studio 5th | Photo enhancement.  “Remini” – app that allows you to upload a photo (for example, an old war photo) an

This is episode 3 in the “All Psyched Up About” series dedicated to the work of clinical psychologist, Dan McMillan, whereby he will seek to highlight a variety of issues and topics around mental health. §§§ In this episode, Daniel focuses on “Relationships” and why they are so important to everyone.  During our discussions, references were made to two key individuals that have influenced (and continue to influence) Daniel’s work around relationships: 1) John Bowlby (1907-1990); British psychologist most notable for his interest in child development and for his work in “The Attachment Theory” 2) Dr. Sue Johnson – her work around relationships with a focus on “Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy” | https://drsuejohnson.com §§§ Daniel also shared his story about the “Turtle and the Badger”, a simple method he uses to explain the complexities around  relationships between two individuals. Daniel created a short animation video starring the Turtle and the Badger | https://youtu.be/G0mTtDTW9es §§§

This is the third (3rd) episode in the series titled “Judith’s Journals On” whereby Judith Virag, the CEO and founder of Clean Club Calgary, sharew her practical advice and suggestions around managing a small business. Episode 3 focused on the three important qualities of customer service centered around three “p”s: professionalism, patience, and a “people-first” attitude. As Judith explained “...although customer service varies from customer to customer, as long as you're following these guidelines, you're on the right track…” §§§ Some companies mentioned during this episode include: Trainual – tech source for uploading training videos; Judith and her utilize this software to upload systems and processes (for both field and office staff) | https://trainual.com Loom – utilized to record videos that are used for staff training | https://www.loom.com Debbie Sardone – Judith is a member of “Cleaning Business Fundamentals” and feels there is huge value in the “Weekly Win calls” | https://www.cleaningbusinessf